In the United States, children that require mental health supports will most likely receive them in their school. However, there is a serious discrepancy between youth that require and those that receive psychological supports in public schools....

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), is the leading cause of death from an infectious disease worldwide. Over the course of its life cycle in vivo, Mtb is exposed to a plethora of environmental stress conditions. Temporal...

This dissertation, ""'Superior to all men': Violent Masculinity, Fascism, and American Identity in Depression-era American Literature,"" examines how American authors used modernist techniques and formal experimentation to recast the violent hero...

This dissertation addresses the theorization of immigration policymaking from a perspective that encompasses all possible roles held in migration management. It discusses how simultaneous roles as a sending, receiving and transit country in the...

The purpose of this dissertation is to examine how Mexican author Cristina Rivera Garza (Matamoros, 1964) critiques gender in her novels. In an era of prolific publications dealing with gender, Rivera Garza's work stands out for its fresh critique...

This thesis is a case study of the ancient graffiti found in a specific city block, the Insula of the Menander (I.X), in the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. Contrary to the late 19th and early 20th century treatment of graffiti in Pompeian...

Weak bonds such as hydrogen bond, pi-pi stacking and van der Waals interaction are much weaker in the strength but play a more important role for the existence of various lives. For example, they are the major intermolecular interactions in the...

This thesis presents an analysis of humanism as studied and practiced by Sir Thomas More, in the early-sixteenth century. It will examine the effect those beliefs had in his position regarding Henry VIII's Great Matter and the laws that followed. ...

A growing body of evidence indicates that early life events play a significant role in shaping the behavior and physiology of the adult organism. Repeated maternal separation paradigms, which serve as models for childhood adversity, have yielded...

The retina is a sensory tissue that converts optical images into neural signals known as light responses. Light responses are transmitted from photoreceptors to bipolar cells to retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) in parallel pathways specific for either...